2015 Archive Stories Crime

CROSSROADS May 5 10:35 a.m. Embezzlement, 9000 block of Research. A woman was suspected of embezzling $166,599. May 6 7:57 a.m. Lost or stolen, Irvine Center Drive and Jeffrey. Report of a lost or stolen backpack with a Macbook inside. 9:01 a.m. Burglary, 100 bl

Computers at UC Irvine’s student health center were infected with key-logging software malware for six weeks collecting ID numbers, contact information and, in some cases, bank numbers if a person paid by check.
About 1,800 students and a handful of non-students who used the student health center were affected, said UC Irvine spoke

Irvine police are searching for two men suspected of defrauding a 21-year-old Tustin man out of $26,000 on Feb. 14.Police said the scheme began when the first man approached the victim, a college student studying in Irvine, as he left Wholesome Choice market on Culver Drive.The man told the victim he would give him $40,000 from an

Here are some animals available for adoption at the Irvine Animal Care Center, at 6443 Oak Canyon.The center is open noon to 7 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. It's closed Tuesdays and holidays.Adoptions stop one hour before closing time.For information, call 949-724-7740 or visit